Joint Law Fair along with the National Hispanic Pre-Law Conference

The National Black Pre-Law Conference offers the following opportunities to participants:

Keynote sessions featuring dynamic keynote and special guest speakers

workshop sessions and panel discussions covering everything someone considering law school would need to know

Mock law school classes taught by actual law professors

Networking /Making Connections Icebreakers/Socials

Law School Admission Test (LSAT) preparation and test-taking strategies sessions

Introduction to the Socratic method and case method

Certificates of Participation

Aspiring Lawyers Pinning Ceremony

Access to potential mentors, accountability partners and role models

Diagnostic LSAT administrations

The Conference

THE VISION of the National Black Pre-Law Conference is to provide a powerful forum to help increase the numbers of excellent, strategic and competitive African American law school applicants, students and graduates nationwide.

THE MISSION of The National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair is to provide a high-quality, comprehensive national event designed specifically for aspiring Black lawyers. Its purpose is to provide them with access to empowering information, resources, and contacts that will assist them in the challenging journey ahead in pursuing admission into law school, success in the law school experience and on the bar exam, and beyond.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Our conference is designed to help them prior to beginning their law school careers so they can have the key “insider” information and encouragement they need to help them to better understand what it really takes to be successful in their quest to become lawyers.

Quick Facts: Between 2005-2016, the Conference has:

Registered over 4,000 pre-law students nationwide

Attracted over 180 ABA-approved law schools, the majority of U.S. law schools

Hosted over 260 mock law school classes, clinics, workshops, panelists, and other sessions

Garnered the support of numerous local, state and national elected officials, and key leaders of influential bar associations

Featured 47 keynote speakers, 99 special guest speakers, and 500+ community leaders, law students, lawyers, law school administrators, and judges who have served as featured panelists, moderators, workshop presenters, and advisors/mentors

Partner, Locke Lord LLP
Former American Bar Association President (First Woman of Color to Serve in that Role)
Morristown, New Jersey

New York University School of Law

40 Washington Square South

New York, New York 10012

I would encourage aspiring Black law students to also take part in this amazing event as it is a rare opportunity … [to] network with successful black attorneys who are willing to have an open dialogue concerning the issues we as minority students may face.

Hardy Ojumah, Esq. - Attorney, Percheron, LLP, Conference Alumna 2010

A person who does not take advantage of this [conference] is ultimately cheating themselves of resources, networking, advice, mentorship, and strategies to excel in law school.

Jennipher V. Williams - Attorney at Law

I learned a million and one things about the legal education process, and even more priceless, are the connections I made with other like-minded aspiring lawyers from all over the country. This event is truly a treasure for aspiring lawyers who often are challenged with finding information, especially information specific to ethnic minorities.

“Aspiring Black law students need safe spaces that foster ambition, curiosity, and networking to meet our unique needs in this journey. The National Black Pre-Law Conference provides that space every year, coupled with unparalleled resources to support the transition into law school. Black Pre-Law empowers students to become advocates for those spaces beyond the conference.”

AWARD-WINNING EVENT!

Our Founder Has Won the Following Awards for this Conference:

Being surrounded by so many African American judges, lawyers, and administrators was a breath of fresh air and an assurance that I too could join the ranks of Black lawyers. Had it not been for the conference, I don’t think that I would have walked away with the confidence I needed to navigate the admissions process.